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Always filled with anticipation, isn’t it? Saturday night.

A really odd thing happened a few weeks ago when I met up with friends, some of whom I had not seen for a long long time, a couple of others who are closer - probably as we know more secrets then each of us might dare to tell. Even if pushed, sat in a comfy chair and face to face with a man in uniform - Enough of that…….

Still, writing Shoes in November last didn’t leave a lot of room for research, and that’s a shame because the research would have got me a few more Saturday nights out with friends and wine.

We were sat catching up in a bar earlyish on a Saturday in June, and the feeling came upon me that I had been there before, though for various reasons this was not possible. After a while I was glancing round, looking for people I was expecting to see, when it occurred to me that those faces I thought I might see were just characters from my book. Everything fitted and I could have been another person in the plot. I hope that means that what I have written is realistic and readers will find something that is significant to them to be able to relate to.

Don’t know why I have left it so long to do, because I am trying to edit now when everything else has got so hectic. Maybe that is the trick….

Is it a sign of a good story that I am getting caught up and forgetting to edit too? I hope so…..Two more chapters edited so far this evening, and soon I will be casting my evil eye out for a reader to spot things that are probably glaringly obvious but that I have missed. My advice? Duck!!

No really, a duck. Right there in front of me, feathers, bill, the works. Except maybe the Hoi Sin sauce and pancakes…………..

Meanwhile, back to it…..

Okay so i have not been as forthcoming as I wanted to be, but herein starts a new chapter. Chapter Eighteen I believe. Now I am fully aware that you don’t start anything at Chapter 18, but anyone who has read any of my previous entries may have guessed that maybe I am a little less than conventional. At least I hope to be.

So what have I done since my last post? Ummmm, a few flash fiction pieces, a couple of poems, a story for my six year old son, and a series of stories about a boy and an earthworm. Oh and some editing for the big book - The Truth About Shoes.

Which brings me back to Chapter 18…..